A GOP compromise would have helped us all

Let’s see. Are your parents, grandparents or other relatives receiving Medicare or Social Security? Yes, then they, and also you, are better off because of these two government benefits.

Your loved ones made payroll contributions during their working years and still contribute during their retirement years. These are not entitlement programs as you might have heard.

They came from longtime, full participation in the system. Now our offspring can breathe easier knowing that we are receiving our due benefits.

Our economy is still down. However, the American Jobs Act proposed by President Obama to stimulate the economy and create jobs was estimated to add 1.3 million jobs.

Had the Republican Congress compromised instead of blocking this bill and opposing all of his policies, perhaps we would have booming infrastructure, more teachers educating our students and more nurses caring for our sick and the elderly.

These are just a few of many life-enhancing jobs that would have been available for Americans, thus making all of us better off.